More and more, teachers are requesting educational resources that go
beyond traditional teachers guides and activity sheets. So while I do still
have those kinds of materials on my website, I’m also offering resources that
delve deeply into the nonfiction reading and writing process from an author’s
point of view.
Some of these resources focus on books I’ve written and describe various
stages of my creative process in detail, while others provide more general
information and highlight books written
by a wide variety of nonfiction authors.
On Mondays this year, I’m going to be sharing some of these resources and
providing ideas for how they might be used in the classroom. Today, I’m going
to focus on an interview with author and poet Leslie Bulion in which she describes her pre-writing
process for Leaf Litter Critters in detail. It’s available by clicking
on the Nonfiction Writing Resources icon shown above.
Discover how Leslie conducts research, takes notes,
makes a list of animals she wants to write about, develops an organizing
question to focus her thinking, and then takes notes on her notes to synthesize
and condense the information as she isolates the most fascinating bits. I just
love Leslie’s method. It’s a great model for student writers.
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Great interview, Melissa! I heard Leslie speak about her process at NCTE a few years ago. This is such a fun and helpful way to go about a project and one I think kids can also relate to!